Job 35:3
For you ask, ‘What does it profit me, and what benefit do I gain apart from sin?’
Majority Standard Bible
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In Context
2“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
4I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
Cross References
Job 9:21Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
Job 10:15If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
Job 31:2For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?
Psalms 73:13Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
Matthew Henry on Job 35:2-9
The Address of Elihu. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? 4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. 5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. 6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou… Read the whole commentary →